Who are you most looking forward to see in the reserve grade this evening.

I'll bid.....Johnston Thurston.

Milton will be awesome tonight

Will it be on HullKRTV?

All the young lads - with little idea who might stand out. Jubb looked good in difficult circumstances last year. Oakes has good reports.

At the other end of the age spectrum, it'd be nice to see Dave Hodgson rolling back the years. Without wishing for injuries or anything, I hope he gets a first team run out at some point.

Jubb is out on loan so would doubt he'll play.

Thought I read somewhere that the two lads that are out at York would play tonight.

Going to be a big ask tonight to expect a side that has never played together before to compete with a very settled and established Hull side that has already played about 6 games this season I think.
That said, our lads must know that a big performance tonight may we'll put them in Tim Sheens thoughts for selection on Sunday. George Milton will be one player that I reckon Sheens will be watching closely and if Will Oakes continues his try scoring exploits then it can only be a matter of time before he gets an opportunity.
I'm looking forward to seeing Owen Harrison get a run out. He has been training with the first team and if he turns out as good as his dad and uncle then we will have a player on our hands.

WIth York been part time Jubb and Moran train with Rovers during the week and are available to play tonight.
Personally I won't to see how Harris shows up and maybe just how fit Charlie and Horne are. Both could be in line for first team returns.

Anyone know if the game is on Hull KR TV?

Looking at the teams, Rovers looks a lot more experienced than Hulls, should be an interesting game.

Great game by accounts liam Harris had a stormer oakes had a great game and dave Hodgson scored a 100 try near the end well done to all the lads on the 42 -18 win

Think the clubs had different priorities tonight, Hull to use the game for development of the youngsters while Rovers to give some fringe players and some youngsters some gametime.

Shame you couldn't afford to run a reserve team as you could be competitive, maybe you will try and organise more friendlies like these this season.

Really enjoyable match. A lot more experience in the Rovers side which undoubtedly made a difference, especially upfront, but for me the most pleasing aspect was the performance of some of our youngsters. Milton and Oakes were outstanding and several others not far behind.
Big turnout from both sets of fans too.

I Agree, Milton was great, Oakes worked really hard on the out sets and got us some good territory, Mulhearn was a workhorse.

These 3 have got to be knocking on the door to a first team call up soon, in all honesty I don't think Ryan Shaw is quite good enough and Moss is been played out of position so why not give Oakes the nod and see how he gets on? or even Hodgson of Cockayne, after all it is their specialist position.

It would have been good to see the team give the ball a bit of air, it only hit the wingmen once in open play in 80 minutes and we had an experienced winger and a young talented winger that could have caused some real problems for the FC defence. Nice to see an 100 percent record with the boot for Oakes & Harris too. Jubb also deserves a mention, this kid is a real talent.

To answer my own question, Harris was very good. Ran and kicked like someone 10 years his age.
Also Oakes and Milton caught the eye and look ready to step up to the first team when needed.
Of the older players, Hodgson seems to have turned back the clock and looked like the player we first signed.Horne went well and seems to be a few pounds heavier, Charlie is some way of his best as yet.
All in all we played a very young Hull team so the ability to judge everyone is not fair, but it was a very enjoyable night that I hope the club does again maybe against a stronger opposition.

Will Oakes has a ton of potential and the thing that is most impressive about him is he isn't afraid of the rough stuff in clearing his own line. Lancaster for us got all the hype for scoring long range tries but this side of his game has always been lacking hence why he hasn't transitioned to SL IMO. Hopefully you get a lower league team in the cup so he can get a run out against experienced blokes.

Not sure why, but that squad last night was very inexperienced, probably the least experienced side we have ever put out at reserve level, add in Fash, Downs, Lane, Wood, Michaels, Logan (injured), Scott and Lee.

Could also see the likes of Bowden, Hadley or Thompson.

Think a game later in the year(when you also have a few injured) would be a much more competitive game.

I think you hit the nail on the head with the different approaches. For me last night showed what we have missed with no A Team fixtures (there is me showing my age) Bringing back players alongside the younger players can only help them develop. I think in a game like last night the score is in many ways irrelevant, the important thing is game time for all involved

Really enjoyed the game last night, and with an attendance exceeding 1000 it really puts a message out to the RFL. The U23 experiment has clearly died on its , and for me regular reserve games might also help get rid of the dual reg shinanigans which tilt games and results in the championship leagues. Ok so last night was a derby game so there would have been extra attending, but when I heard on Sunday that Rochdale home games usually have about 4-500 attending, I'm sure both the hull clubs reserve fixtures would regularly eclipse that figure, as would many other clubs in SL. Getting our lads to regularly play SL reserve sides would only be a benefit to their development

Agree 100%. Both clubs gained massively by last nights game.

Rovers senior players got much needed match practice. Our young lads got the opportunity to play alongside senior figures and also test themselves against Hulls highly rated young lads.

Hulls young lads got to keep their match sharpness and test themselves against some established players and eager youngsters.

Win win situation. Bring back the A teams!

Yes, Highlights and full game on Hull KR.TV

listening to both Webbo and Horney tonight its clear both clubs got a lot out of the game great to hear 1400 attendance well done both clubs for getting this on and fans who supported it I hope they can do it again in the future it a great help to the youngsters and to the seasoned pros to keep them match fit

I watched it on HKRTV last night and it looked a good run out for both teams, that I'm sure both coaches will have got a lot out of. was surprised a bit you never gave any of the older fringe players (the likes of Thompson) a run out. The principle of this game is a very good idea, sort an A-team match without the commitment to it being a formal scheduled competition.

I think Tommo will be playing against Cats Radford going with a big bench as Catalan are a big physical team Probably why Turgut was used sparingly he might of got on the bench if anyone picked and injury up this week outside of our 17/18 we haven't got that many who you could say are real senior players Michael's is the only player who you would consider first team not selected this week Hadley is injured along with Logan and our other half is with you I can not think who else we could of put in to make us a bit more competitive but that said long as the youngsters are getting game time it can only benefit them against good players like the ones you fielded